Informed Consent

By participating in the salary census, participants grant NIRSA permission to use their data to update NIRSA member profiles, to produce reports and/or for other purposes not yet identified. Personal, identifiable information will not be shared or presented in any format. All data will be reported in the aggregate and no data will be shared with third party vendors.

The Salary Calculator has been re-envisioned within an online benchmarking platform. Recreation professionals can now enter their data online individually and do not need to be NIRSA members. NIRSA members at NIRSA member institutions will have access to the platform’s filtering capabilities.

Anyone in the collegiate recreation profession can participate. Participants do not have to be NIRSA members but must have a NIRSA online profile to access the platform and submit data. To create a NIRSA profile, click here. Please note that only NIRSA members will have access to results within the platform. If you are not a NIRSA member and wish to gain access to the Salary Census results, you can join the NIRSA memberhip here.

The NIRSA Salary census collects information on participant’s institutions, their position, salary and responsibilities as well as demographic information such as ethnicity, age, and educational background.

Participating NIRSA members will be able to see where they stand in regards to their peers and may inform their decisions about job offers. NIRSA member institutions will be able to evaluate the competitiveness of salaries prior to posting job openings. The Association will benefit in its ability to evaluate the potential needs of constituent groups within the profession and where to direct resources.

Yes, you must answer the questions pertaining to your salary to access results, but you are not required to answer questions pertaining to your institution. Institutional data are used to filter results and completing these is encouraged. Please check with your director to verify the accuracy of your institutional data.

Update: Results for the NIRSA Salary Census are now available! Please note that the full set of filters will not be available until a greater level of participation has been reached. Please encourage your colleagues to participate!

To participate, a current NIRSA profile is needed. To create a NIRSA profile, please click here. Please note that the link to the Salary Calculator will be removed Jan 1, 2018. For more information on the NIRSA Salary Census, please contact nirsa.research@nirsa.org.

Our Mission

NIRSA is a leader in higher education and the advocate for the advancement of recreation, sport, and wellbeing.